SKILLS: WHAT ARE MY MOST TRANSFERABLE SKILLS?
Look at the following list of skills and abilities which are often required in work roles and environments.
Place an x in the right hand column to indicate where you feel you have good or developing ability (“could or can do”).
Place an x in the left hand column to indicate which of the activities you really enjoy (“like/would like to do”).
You can have an x in both the “Interest” and “Ability” column for each competency.
Interest Competency Ability
Achievement focus
Flexibility/adaptable
Analysis
Attention to detail
Audit
Creativity/innovation
Empathy
Facilitation
Financial acumen
Influencing
Initiative
Interpersonal skill
Judgement
Leadership
Lifelong learning
Listening to others
Mentoring
Oral communication
Organisational understanding
Negotiation
Networking
Planning and organising
Problem solving
Presentation
Professional expertise
Project management
Questioning/investigation
Research
Risk tolerance
Specialist knowledge
Stress tolerance
Teamwork/work with others
Teaching/training others
Written Communication
(Based on CIHE Competency definitions)
Note where you have put an X in both the Interest and Abilities columns
You will be able to transfer any area of developed ability into work, but your most transferable assets are those where you combine something you “can do” with a genuine personal interest or motivation to use and grow that ability further. Areas where you have ability but less personal interest will still transfer well into a job, but you are less likely to enjoy using these skills over sustained periods of time. These skills can be good stepping stones into a range career roles but may be less central to your longer term career development.